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Ukraine war makes EU Balkan enlargement more urgent - FM

Meets Grlic-Radman; agreement with Croatia on Adriatic resources

24 May, 15:25
(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 24 - The Ukraine war makes the enlargement of the European Union into the Balkans more urgent than ever, Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio told Croatian counterpart Gordan Grlic-Radman at the foreign ministry in Rome Tuesday. "We agreed with Minister Grlic-Radman on the need to relaunch the process of enlargement of the European Union to the Western Balkans," he said. "This priority is made even more urgent by the conflict in Ukraine. "It is essential to make this prospect concrete, for the very credibility of the European Union. "Integration represents the principal way towards the definitive stabilization of this region, which is strategic for our countries". (ANSA).

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